"pineal" meaning in English

See pineal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈpɪnɪəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-pineal.wav Forms: more pineal [comparative], most pineal [superlative]
Etymology: From French pinéal, from Middle French, from Latin pīnea (“pine cone, pine nut”), from pīneus (“of the pine”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|pinéal|}} French pinéal, {{uder|en|frm|-}} Middle French, {{uder|en|la|pīnea||pine cone, pine nut}} Latin pīnea (“pine cone, pine nut”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} pineal (comparative more pineal, superlative most pineal)
  1. In the shape of a pine cone. Translations (in the shape of pine cone): шишарковиден (šišarkoviden) (Bulgarian), kävynmuotoinen (Finnish), κωνοειδής (konoeidís) [feminine, masculine] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-pineal-en-adj-9c29tEtt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 1 1 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 95 1 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 87 4 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 97 0 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 98 0 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 90 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 90 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 95 0 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 97 0 3 Disambiguation of 'in the shape of pine cone': 100 0
  2. Pertaining to the pineal gland. Translations (pertaining to pineal gland): käpyrauhasen (Finnish), käpyrauhas- (Finnish), επιφυσικός (epifysikós) [masculine] (Greek), pineal (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-pineal-en-adj-njBzxlRg Disambiguation of 'pertaining to pineal gland': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pineal body, pineal eye, pineal gland, pineal hormone, postpineal

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɪnɪəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-pineal.wav Forms: pineals [plural]
Etymology: From French pinéal, from Middle French, from Latin pīnea (“pine cone, pine nut”), from pīneus (“of the pine”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|pinéal|}} French pinéal, {{uder|en|frm|-}} Middle French, {{uder|en|la|pīnea||pine cone, pine nut}} Latin pīnea (“pine cone, pine nut”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} pineal (plural pineals)
  1. The pineal gland.
    Sense id: en-pineal-en-noun-rQSRqTxP

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